Sputter measurement system

Abstract

A sputter measurement system includes: a camera that captures an image of an observation region including a molten portion that is melted during welding; a telecentric lens disposed between the molten portion and the camera; and a controller that measures a size of a sputter flying from a molten portion based on an image captured by the camera.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A sputter measurement system that measures a size of a sputter flying from a molten portion that is melted during welding, the sputter measurement system comprising:
 a camera that captures an image of an observation region including the molten portion; 
 a telecentric lens disposed between the molten portion and the camera; 
 a controller that measures the size of the sputter based on the image captured by the camera; and 
 a back-light source that emits parallel light toward the molten portion, the back-light source being disposed at a position facing the camera with the molten portion being interposed between the back-light source and the camera, wherein
 a position of the molten portion is included in a depth-of-field region of the telecentric lens, 
 the controller extracts a sputter image from the image captured by the camera, 
 the controller classifies the extracted sputter image into a first sputter image having an edge with a gradation or a second sputter image having an edge with no gradation, and 
 the controller measures a size of the second sputter image. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The sputter measurement system according to  claim 1 , further comprising an optical filter disposed between the molten portion and the camera. 
     
     
       3. The sputter measurement system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a light source that emits light having a first wavelength toward the molten portion, the first wavelength being different from a wavelength of light generated at and around the molten portion during the welding; and 
 an optical filter that allows the light having the first wavelength to pass through the optical filter and that blocks the light generated at and around the molten portion during the welding, the optical filter being disposed between the molten portion and the camera. 
 
     
     
       4. A sputter measurement system that measures a size of a sputter flying from a molten portion that is melted during welding, the sputter measurement system comprising:
 a camera that captures an image of an observation region including the molten portion; 
 a telecentric lens disposed between the molten portion and the camera; and 
 a controller that measures the size of the sputter based on the image captured by the camera, wherein 
 a position of the molten portion is included in a depth-of-field region of the telecentric lens, and 
 the camera captures the image of the observation region at a cycle shorter than a time for which the sputter is moved from the molten portion to outside of the depth-of-field region.